Cuba May Link Up to Russia's Glonass Satellite Navigation System

Cuba may link up to Glonass system

Maksim Bogodvid

HAVANA, September 16, 2010 (RIA Novosti)

Moscow and Havana plan to connect Cuba to the Glonass navigation satellite system, the Russian ambassador to Cuba said on Wednesday.

Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems enable users to determine their positions to within a few meters.

Russia and Cuba are currently developing cooperation in the sphere of advanced technology, Mikhail Kamynin noted.

"Our plans include a detailed work on connecting Cuba to the Glonass system," the ambassador said.

Russia's Glonass satellite navigation system

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The Global Navigation Satellite System, which was officially inaugurated in 1993, is a Russian counterpart to the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS). It fixes the location and speed of surface, sea and air objects to within an accuracy of one meter.

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